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Louvre east facade engraving from Mariette 1738 - Ursus Books

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Louvre east facade engraving from Mariette 1738 - Ursus Books

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Engraving from Jean Mariette's L'Architecture francoise (Paris, 1738): elevation of the principal facade of the Louvre Palace on the east side (facing the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois), built during the reign of Louis XIV and the minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, according to the designs of the architect Claude Perrault
Français : « Elevation de la principale facade du Louvre du cote de saint Germain l'Auxerrois, batie sous le regne de Louis XIV & le ministere de Jean Batiste Colbert, sur les desseins de Claude Perrault
del'Academie royale des sciences. »

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